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Click here to subscribeElfenbein Netsuke "Gama Sennin mit dreibeiniger Kröte", stehende Figur mit drapiertem Gewand und Blätterumhang, verschieden große Himotoshi, partiell schwarz eingefärbte Gravuren, Japan 19.Jh., H. 6cm, Füße verloren, Genehmigung nach Art. 10d VO (EG 338/97) liegt vor (kein Export außerhalb der EU)
2 Diverse Elfenbein Netsuke und Schnitzerei: "Schauspieler mit Wendekopf und Kalebasse" (sign. Shôzan 松山, H. 5,2cm) und "Gauklerpaar mit dressiertem Äffchen" (sign. Nanryû oder Minamiyanagi 南柳, H. 3,1cm), partiell schwarz eingefärbt, Japan Anfang 20.Jh.Genehmigung nach Art. 10d VO (EG 338/97) liegt vor (kein Export außerhalb der EU)
2 Diverse Elfenbein Manju Netsuke mit Reliefdarstellungen, Japan, 2.Hälfte 19.Jh.: 1 "Karako mit Daruma Puppe" verso "Fächer", sign. wohl Kôryû 光龍 斎 (Davey 1247 oder 1793, Ø 3,9cm) und 1 "Angelnder Taikôbô" (Ø 4,5cm), Genehmigung nach Art. 10d VO (EG 338/97) liegt vor, kein Export außerhalb der EU
FABERGE, AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED BOWENITE MODEL OF A FROG, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 humoristically carved in the Japanese taste, modelled as a frog doing a handstand with its rear feet clasped together, its eyes set with large cabochon rubies and its mouth gold mounted and set with diamonds, modelled after a netsuke, apparently unmarked.Height 5.2cm (2 1/16 inches).Provenance- The property of The Russian Imperial Family.- With Popoff, Paris.- With Wartski by 1936.- Private UK Collection.- Acquired by the present owner.Literature - A. von Solodkoff, Faberge Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 1995, p. 23 (illustrated).- G. Munn, Wartski: The First Hundred and Fifty Years, 2015, p. 72 (illustrated).- Exhibition catalogue, Wilmington,Fabergé: Imperial Craftsmen and his World, 2000, p. 305 (illustrated).- Exhibition catalogue, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 2011, p. 103 (listed), p. 107 (illustrated).Exhibited- London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June - 13 July 1935 (apparently)- Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 806.- London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 201.FootnotesFor the only other similar model of a frog known, formerly in the collection of King George I of the Hellenes, see Christies, 24th & 25th January 2007, lot 372 - sold for £114,000
FABERGE, A RARE ROYAL JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED SMOKEY QUARTZ MODEL OF A BUNNY RABBIT, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 humoristically carved in the Japanese taste after a netsuke to depict a bunny standing on its hind legs, its nose raised to the air, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge burled wooden case.Height 3.0cm (1 1/4 inches)Provenance- With the Antikvariat, 1920s.- With Wartski, 1920s.- The property of King Paul of the Hellenes.- Sotheby's, London, The Late King Paul of the Hellenes Sale, 25 November 1957 lot 103.- The property of Robert Strauss.- Christie's, London, The Robert Strauss Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, 9 March 1976, lot 34.- The property of Lord Thompson of Fleet.- With Wartski.- Private UK collection.- Acquired by the current owners from Andre Ruzhnikov, August 2020.Literature- G. Munn, Wartski: The First Hundred and Fifty Years The First 150 Years, 2015, p. 81 (illustrated).
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE MODEL OF A LION CUB, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a recumbent lion cup, looking backwards over itself, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, likely modelled after a netsuke in the Japanese taste, apparently unsigned.Length 5.0cm (2 inches).Provenance- Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, Russian Works of Art, 19 June 1978, lot 166.- The property of Count R. L. Sangorski and John Mariott.- With Wartski.- Acquired by the present owner from Wartski, June 2020.
FABERGE, A JEWELLED BOWENITE MODEL OF TWO PLAYING PUPPIES, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically modelled to depict two rolling puppies in play, in the Japanese taste after an 18th century Netsuke from the Tsu school, the eyes set with circular cabochon rubies, apparently unmarked.Length 3.5cm (1 3/8 inches).Provenance- Private UK collection- Acquired by the current owner (2021).Literature - Exhibition catalogue, Wilmington, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, p. 306 (illustrated).- Exhibition catalogue, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 2011, p. 109 (listed), p. 97 (illustrated).Exhibited- Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 808.- London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 218.
FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE QUARTZ MODEL OF A DUSTBATHING SPARROW, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 in the Japanese style, after the netsuke type fukura suzume, modelled as a sparrow nesting on the ground, the underside with carved feet, the eyes set with rose cut diamond eyes, apparently unmarked. Length 3.5cm (1 3/8 inches)Provenance- Private UK collection.- Acquired by the current owners, December 2021.For an identical model found in the British Royal Collection, see C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, n. 98, p. 92 illustrated. (RCIN 40330).
FABERGE, A LARGE AND IMPORTANT JEWELLED OBSIDIAN STUDY OF A DUSTBATHING SPARROW, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 humoristically carved in the Japanese taste to depict a seated dustbathing sparrow, modelled after an ebony netsuke by Horaku, set to the eyes with circular cabochon rubies, feet carved on the underside, apparently unsigned, within its original Faberge wooden case.Length 7.5cm (3 inches).Provenance- The property of Emily Yznaga del Valle (1859-1944), sister of the Duchess of Manchester.- With Wartski- Private UK collection- Acquired by the present owner from Andre Ruzhnikov, September 2022.Literature - G.C.Munn, 'Fabergé and Japan', The Antique Collector, 1987 (illustrated)Exhibited- London, Wartski, Fabergé from Private Collections, 2 - 15 December 1992, no. 41 (illustrated).
FABERGE, AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL BOWENITE MODEL OF A MYSTIC APE / MONKEY, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 humoristically modelled as a monkey covering its mouth, ears and eyes to represent the adage 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil', in the Japanese taste, after an ivory netsuke by the master Kaigyokusai Masatsugu, apparently unsigned.Height 3.0cm (1 1/4 inches)Provenance- The property of The Russian Imperial Family.- With Popoff, Paris.- With Wartski by 1936.- Private UK Collection.- Acquired by the present owner (2021)Literature - A. von Solodkoff, Faberge Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 1995, p. 22 (illustrated).- Exhibition catalogue, Wilmington,Fabergé: Imperial Craftsmen and his World, 2000, p. 305 (illustrated).- Exhibition catalogue, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 2011, p. 109 (listed), p. 97 (illustrated).Exhibited- Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 805.- London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 218.Catalogue Note:Five of these mystic apes are known to exist, three of which are found in the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the Kenneth and Sallie Snowman Collection. Bowenite - the model above being offeredAmazonite, Obsidian, White Chalcedony - Victoria and Albert Museum, the Jewellery RoomNephrite - last seen in the collection of A la Vielle RussieThe example offered here is featured in archival photographs of Wartski from the early 20th Century, described as 'light Jade'.
A JAPANESE STONEWARE FIGURE OF AN ONI BEARING A TEMPLE BELL Meiji, late 19th century; together with two pipecases (kiseruzutsu), one with leather tobacco pouch with metal lion dog clasp detail and orange ojime, the other with wood inro with carp and wood Hotei ojime; a base metal ikebana 'vase', 12.5cm long; and a flat netsuke carved as a Noh mask, 6.5cm long (5)Provenance: The collection of R P & P Gray, Bridport, Dorset.
Konvolut figürliche Schnitzereien 20. Jh., eine undeutlich signiert, Laubholz beschnitzt, teils graviert und geschwärzt, zwei Memento Mori, welche je einen von Schlangen und Ratten bekrönten Totenschädel zeigen, dazu filigrane Netsuke, ebenfalls mit plastischem Rattenmotiv auf Kürbis, minimale Altersspuren, H max. 6,5 cm.
Ɵ MCI: The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A and B (2 Volumes), Hardcover, one volume inscribed to Billy Winkworth (W. W. Winkworth) from the author; Lazarnick, George, Netsuke & inro artists, and how to read their signatures, 1982 (2 volumes); Christies, The Bushell Collection of Netsuke, Parts 1, 11 and 111, 1987 and nineteen other reference books on Japanese or Korean works of art (26) Condition Report: some tears to dust jackets and general wearsold as viewed and subject to non returnCondition Report Disclaimer
Signed, Gyokusai, Japan, Edo, first half of 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)humorous netsuke parody of the seduction of feminine wiles. Here the hapless male is caught by his fundoshi (loincloth) within the lips of a clam, the Japanese archetypal symbol of the female sex. Well-carved, the surface finely patinated. Himotoshi and signature GYOKUSAI underneath, 4.5cm. High.
NO RESERVEFIVE JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY The first depicting Okina, the second Usofuki, the third a horned oni, the fourth a trick mask netsuke depicting a man and crow, the fifth an angry face with a furrowed brow and a wide grinning mouth, all unsigned, 5.3cm max. (5) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Buckinghamshire.
THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKEEDO AND MEIJI, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURYOne carved as a small rat gnawing on a chestnut signed Yoshitomo; another as a snake ensnaring a large frog, both with their eyes inlaid, signed Harumitsu; the third depicting a man lying down, resting his head on his left hand, 5.8cm max. (3)Provenance: from a private English collection, Heath House, Hampshire. The same collection includes a Louis XVI bureau plat which was originally the working desk of the French Emperor Napoleon III.
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO BY KOMA KORYUEDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURYThe body decorated in hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and kinrande on a fundame ground, one side depicting two figures detailed with mother of pearl inlaid faces, the other with a momiji (maple) tree, the interior with a nashiji ground, the base signed Koma Koryu saku, together with a glass ojime and a wood netsuke carved as a shishi, the inro 6.3cm.Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.The decoration on this inro may be inspired by the print entitled Momiji no ga (Beneath the Autumn leaves), from the series Genji ko no zu (Genji Incense Pictures) by Utagawa Kunisada (1843-47), which features two very similar figures.
NO RESERVETWO JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY One lacquered red and black with gilt eyes and jaws, depicted with a furrowed brow and bared fangs, the back indistinctly signed; the other of Buaku with wide frightened eyes and a toothy grimace, signed to the back Deme Uman, 4.4cm and 3.8cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Buckinghamshire.
NO RESERVEA SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ITEMS EDO AND MEIJI, 19TH/20TH CENTURY Comprising: two shakudo nanako kozuka (knife handles), one decorated with a warrior on horseback and signed with kao, the other with a scowling tiger, signed Masayoshi / Seiro; two kiseruzutsu (pipe cases), one of muso-zutsu form made of tightly-woven rattan and with a painted wood ojime, the other naturalistically carved as a bamboo stem; a leather tabako-ire (tobacco pouch) with an embossed floral design and a shakudo and iron mae-kanagu modelled as a prancing hen; a gilt guri lacquer four-tier inro; and a manju netsuke, one side with Daikoku and Kannon and the other with a kitsune and peonies; 22.5cm max. (8) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
NO RESERVEA JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF AN OCTOPUS-USOFUKI EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY Depicted with wrinkly skin around bulging eyes and a puckered mouth, 4cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an old English collection, Buckinghamshire. Cf. R Bushell, Netsuke Masks, pls.233 and 335, for related wood mask netsuke of an octopus-type Usofuki. See also, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.91.1.966, for a netsuke of an octopus with similar bulging eyes and puckered mouth.
NO RESERVEA JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF OTAFUKU EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY Depicted with a chubby smiling face and dimpled open mouth, indistinctly signed Deme Joman or Deme Uman, 4.5cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Buckinghamshire.
λ NO RESERVEλ THREE JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY One depicting a grimacing Noh mask, the back signed Ryukei; another a winking Noh mask, signed Ryuo and with a paper label for the Tomkinson Collection no.73; the third depicting Uba, signed Ryukei and inscribed Rōjo 40a to the back; 5cm, 4.5cm and 5.5cm. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Buckinghamshire. One formerly the Tomkinson Collection. See The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, access. nos.91.1.997 and 91.1.995, for two comparable netsuke of Noh masks signed Ryukei. * This group of items is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No. UMHDKGQW
NO RESERVETHREE JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY One depicting a smiling face with residue of red pigment to the lips and a paper label to the forehead indistinctly numbered *54, another depicting Akobu-jo, and the third depicting a grimacing demon, each signed to the back Deme Uman, 5.2cm, 4.8cm and 4.9cm. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Buckinghamshire.
A JAPANESE FOUR-CASE GOLD AND BLACK LACQUER INRO EDO/MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURYThe body decorated in hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a roiro ground, one side with two wrestling mice, the other with three mitsudomoe (three-comma) motifs, the interior with a nashiji ground, the base signed Shuho saku, together with a mixed metal ojime and a corozo nut netsuke carved as two chestnuts, the inro 7.8cm.Provenance: the private collection of a lady and gentleman, Derbyshire.
NO RESERVEA JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE OF SARU EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY Naturalistically rendered with downcast eyes, the back signed Tamekawa Kawachi, 5cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. Provenance: from an English private collection, Buckinghamshire. Cf. R Bushell, Netsuke Masks, pl.174, for a closely related example of a Kyōgen mask netsuke portraying Saru and signed Tamekawa Kirachi.
AN UNUSUAL JAPANESE NETSUKE OF A HIMONO (DRIED FISH)EDO PERIOD, 18TH/19TH CENTURYThe flattened desiccated fish is depicted lying on its side, its mouth wide open and baring its teeth, the body rendered in lacquered wood and shagreen (shark or ray skin) with details highlighted in gilt; the reverse with a smooth wood surface and the himotoshi with mother of pearl rings, 10cm.Himono was a type of food often eaten on long journeys in 19th century Japan. Gradually it came to symbolise good luck and health, and it became a classic dish eaten at the New Year.See the British Museum, London, access. no.F.1078 for another example of a lacquer, wood and shagreen netsuke of a dried fish, described as being in the style of Ogawa Haritsu (1663-1747).
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